Future me: Send an email in the future by @MSeideman
My very first teaching position was at a challenging district. Some of my kids in my first period/homeroom class were looking to graduate and some were hoping to get out of high school alive. It was a very interesting year and I learned so much from my first class. The very last day of school [...]
The New Face of Professional Development. by @iPlante
In the past week I have experienced two kinds of professional development (PD). Presented and Paid to attend a conference put on by a well-known education organization focusing on dyslexia, Conference A Presented and attended a free conference organized by educators in one school district, Conference B It is astounding the difference between these two [...]
Cell Phones in School by @MSeideman
Some schools around the country regard cell phones use as disruptive and distracting, and have implemented policies that prohibit using them on school grounds. Students still use cell phones in school. According to the PEW Internet and American Life Research Project 58% of teens from schools that forbid cell phones use them during class anyway 31% [...]
How Four School Came Together for a Virtual Homework Debate Thanks to Google Hangout by @SOMSLibrary
Melissa Butler and the 6th grade ELA teacher at my school was looking for a way to teach argument writing to her students while incorporating technology. When Melissa and I started working on this unit we were looking for a way to make the debate process a little more exciting to the students. Melissa came [...]
Educators and Coders Unite to improve Technology in our Classrooms by @JeffBradbury
What do you first think of when you hear the word Doctopus? What about Flubaroo? These might be silly sounding words to the average person, but to an educator, these are the names of powerful Google applications designed to streamline the way they integrate 21st Century skills in their classroom. The intersection of Technology and [...]
Connecting with great educators at #ASCD13 by @PrincipalJ
This is the first of several posts I’ll be writing to share about my awesome learning at the #ASCD13 conference in Chicago. Of all the conferences I have ever attended, ASCD was definitely the best for 2 reasons: 1. I met almost all of my favorite “Tweeps” from my Twitter PLN in real life, which [...]
My first #EdCamp Experience by @AnIowaTeacher
My first EdCamp Experience Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to experience what seems to be the buzz on Twitter and beyond, the idea of the “EdCamp”. I walked in with the expectation that I’d be learning about technology, have the opportunity to meet some others on Twitter whom I’ve communicated with now for a while, [...]
Even Oscar Winners Want to Matter by @AngleaMaiers
We continue to develop the infrastructure for Choose2Matter, busily preparing a re-launch this spring. This week, we’ll launch a fund-raising campaign to support the Quest to Matter, a five-week program that will launch on April 15, in which K-12 students from around the world will be encouraged to declare that they matter and then take [...]
Words Matter: What Values Do Your Words Convey? @AngelaMaiers
Words matter. I encourage people to choose their words wisely, because the words we choose have a powerful effect on other people. As this post showed, the words we choose matter not only for teachers, but for anyone else who plays an important role in someone’s life. Some decry “political correctness” when a class of people seeks [...]
Three Ways to Avoid New Teacher Burnout by @AngelaMaiers
Tessa Hardiman is the author of Surviving and Thriving: 21 Tips for First Year Teachers. You can find out more about the online community for first year teachers by visiting the website: Surviving Your First Year. When I was in college, my professors warned my classmates and me about teacher burnout. They quoted the haunting statistics right and left. [...]
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